Latin Name: Picea pungens ‘Kaibab’
Zone: 2
Mature Height: 60 feet
Spread: 20 feet
Shape: Pyramidal
Foliage: Green to blue-green
Description: Picea pungens, commonly called Colorado blue spruce, is a medium to large, narrow, pyramidal conifer with horizontal branching to the ground. It typically grows 30-60’ tall in cultivation. Stiff, bristly, four-angled, green to blue-green to silver-blue needles point outward from the branches in all directions. Cylindrical light brown cones have flexible scales. Dark gray bark furrows on mature trees. From a horticultural standpoint, trees with blue or silver blue foliage are generally more coveted than trees with green foliage.